Big Water Summer: A Creation Story

What can one person do to keep her community healthy?
Cherilyn Yazzie grew up on the Navajo Nation and after years of working in public health, she has returned to her ancestral land to grow produce for her community. As a social worker she tired of telling kids to eat healthy when that was often impossible: there are 13 grocery stores on the Navajo Nation, a reservation that is over 27,000 square miles.
Cherilyn and her husband are embarking on their biggest crop to date over a summer where nothing goes as planned. Faced with the chaos of a changing climate and devastating family loss, Cherilyn endures but will the farm survive?

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Credits

Director:

Sophie Harris

Executive Producer:

Adam Palmer

Producer:

Sophie Harris, Marlo Lopez

Cinematographer:

Matthew Pothier, Jacen Sievers

Editor:

Katherine McFaul, Emily Von Gilbert

Contact

Distributor:

Sophie Harris
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Public Film Contact:

Sophie Harris
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Publicity Contact:

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Year:
2022
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15 mins